title: Ayame Dam

content: Shamir, Marli

indexedContent: Shamir, Marli

content: Marli Shamir collection

indexedContent: Marli Shamir collection

content: Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.2: Côte d'Ivoire

content: Archival materials

content: Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unittitle: Marli Shamir collection

unittitle: Negatives

unittitle: Côte d'Ivoire

unittitle: Ayame Dam

title: Ayame Dam


unitCode: EEPA

level: file

title: Route de Guinee

label: Collection Photographer

content: Shamir, Marli

label: See more items in

content: Marli Shamir collection

content: Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali

label: Date

label: Archival Repository

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Type

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

label: Collection Citation

label: Collection Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

label: Collection Restrictions

usage_flag: Large EAD

type: Collection

type: Series

type: Subseries

unittitle: Mali

type: File

unittitle: Route de Guinee

archival_repository: EEPA

digital_assets_available: true

title: Route de Guinee


title: Men and Boys in a Prayer Place

content: Jenness, Aylette

indexedContent: Jenness, Aylette

content: Aylette Jenness Collection

indexedContent: Aylette Jenness Collection

content: Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa

content: Archival materials

content: Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

unittitle: Aylette Jenness Collection

unittitle: Yelwa

unittitle: Men and Boys in a Prayer Place

title: Men and Boys in a Prayer Place


title: Ibake Title, Azukhala, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

content: Borgatti, Jean

indexedContent: Borgatti, Jean

content: Jean Borgatti Collection

indexedContent: Jean Borgatti Collection

content: Jean Borgatti Collection / Series 1: Field Slides / 1.3: Field Slides

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: Archival materials

content: Jean Borgatti Collection, EEPA 2016-007, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African, Smithsonian Institution.

content:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Collection contains images of art and museum objects and exhibitions with copyright restrictions.

unittitle: Jean Borgatti Collection

unittitle: Field Slides


title: Portraits, Imiekuri, Okpella, Edo State, Nigeria

content: Borgatti, Jean

content: Jean Borgatti Collection

content: Jean Borgatti Collection / Series 1: Field Slides / 1.5: Field Slides

content: Archival materials


title: "A Conversation With Roy Sieber"

label: General

content: African Art scholar, Roy Seiber, visits and discusses Cameroon art

label: Series Photographer

content: Schneider, Gilbert, 1920-1999

indexedContent: Schneider, Gilbert

content: Schneider, Evan G., (1949 - )

indexedContent: Schneider, Evan G., (1949 - )

label: Series Creator

content: Schneider, Mildred, (1920 - 2016)

indexedContent: Schneider, Mildred, (1920 - 2016)

content: Mbeng, Johnson

indexedContent: Mbeng, Johnson

content: Evan G. Schneider Collection

indexedContent: Evan G. Schneider Collection

content: Evan G. Schneider Collection / Self-Published

label: Extent

content: 1 Folder (Box 9)

content: Archival materials

label: Series Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject ot all copyright laws.

label: Series Restrictions

content: This collection is not fully processed and may not be available for research. Contact archives staff to schedule an appointment.

unittitle: Evan G. Schneider Collection

unittitle: Self-Published

unittitle: "A Conversation With Roy Sieber"

digital_assets_available: false

title: "A Conversation With Roy Sieber"


title: Kom notes

content: Schneider, Gilbert, 1920-1999

content: Schneider, Evan G., (1949 - )

content: Schneider, Mildred, (1920 - 2016)

content: Mbeng, Johnson

content: Evan G. Schneider Collection

content: Evan G. Schneider Collection / Correspondence, Writings, and Articles

content: 1 Folder (Box 12)

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Correspondence, Writings, and Articles

unittitle: Kom notes

title: Kom notes


level: item

title: Women gathering hay from a field, Tserona region, Eritrea

content: Original file / frame number: 2260-1 / 19

label: Item Creator

content: LaDuke, Betty

indexedContent: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

indexedContent: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.11: Negatives / Tserona Region, Eritrea

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm)

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1703

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

indexedContent: Negatives (photographic)

label: Item Citation

content: Betty LaDuke collection, EEPA 2007-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Item Rights

label: Item Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  The negatives are located in cold storage.  All negatives have been digitized and are available online.

type: Item

unittitle: Betty LaDuke collection

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-1703

unittitle: Tserona Region, Eritrea


title: Kunama People, Marketplace, Scenic Views, Children, Agordat and Barentu, Eritrea

content: Original file numbers: 2258-1 and 2258-2

content: LaDuke, Betty

label: See more items in

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 1: Photographic Prints / Binder 5

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1998/1998 type:inclusive

label: Date

label: Container

content: Binder 5

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

indexedContent: Photographs

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

label: Scope and Contents

content: EEPA 2007-003-1611 to 1647

unittitle: Photographic Prints

unittitle: Binder 5


title: Paintings of people symbolizing Eritrea, Massawa, Eritrea

content: Original file / frame number: 2426-2 / 34a

content: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.9: Negatives / Massawa, Eritrea

content: circa 1997

label: Archival Repository

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1175

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

unittitle: Negatives

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-1175

unittitle: Massawa, Eritrea


title: "Kunama Woman" drawing by Woldu Afworki at the United States Information Services Group Exhibition, Asmara, Eritrea

label: General

content: Original file / frame number: 8568 / 7a

content: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.4: Negatives / Asmara

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0580

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-0580

unittitle: Asmara


title: Embroidered Portraits of Eritrea's National Groups by Zaid Berhane at the National Art Museum, Asmara, Eritrea

content: Original file / frame number: 4114 / 9a

content: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.2: Negatives / Asmara

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0171

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-0171


title: Women and children collecting water, Eritrea

content: Original file / frame number: 149 / 3a

content: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.14: Negatives / Eritrea (city unidentified)

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-2052

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-2052

unittitle: Eritrea (city unidentified)


title: Souvenir de Dakar (Sénégal) Musicien Sénégalais jouant du Cora

content: Image indexed by negative number.

label: Place

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: Senegal

indexedContent: Senegal

label: Topic

content: Portraits

indexedContent: Portraits

content: Music

indexedContent: Music

content: Musicians

indexedContent: Musicians

content: Musical instruments

indexedContent: Musical instruments

content: African Postcard Collection

indexedContent: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

content: 1 Postcard (col., 14 x 9 cm.)

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-19-07

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

label: Collection Citation

content: African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Collection Rights

label: Genre/Form

content: Postcards

content: Text on front reads: "Souvenir de Dakar (Sénégal). Musicien Sénégalais jouant du Cora. H. Grimaud - V. Lembert - Dakar."

content: Translated postcard caption reads, "Souvenirs of Dakar (Senegal). Senegalese musician playing Cora."

content: Additional handwritten text on front reads, "Dakar, 17 février 1909. Milles baisers."

content: Translated handwritten text on front reads, "Dakar, February 17, 1909. Thousand kisses."

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA SG-19-07

unittitle: African Postcard Collection

unitid: Series EEPA SG-19-07

unittitle: Senegal (SG)

unitid: Item EEPA SG-19-07


title: The Senegal River At Saint Louis

content: Africa

content: Senegal

content: Transportation

indexedContent: Transportation

label: Provenance

content: JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.

content: African Postcard Collection

indexedContent: African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

label: Extent

content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-147106

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Postcard image of a waterfront and boats on the water. Text on front reads: "2. Le Fleuve Senegal a Saint-Louis." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspondance; Tous les pays etrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto (se renseigner a la poste); Adresse." Handwritten message and address on verso.

unitid: Collection EEPA 1985-147106

unittitle: The Senegal River At Saint Louis

title: The Senegal River At Saint Louis


title: Portrait of Mayflower student, Ikenne, Nigeria

content: Slide No. SL18-6

label: Creator

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

indexedContent: Houlberg, Marilyn

label: Collection Photographer

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Portraits

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

label: Culture

content: Yoruba (African people)

indexedContent: Yoruba (African people)

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

indexedContent: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Daily life

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)

content: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1381

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  For terms of use, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.

content: Original text on slide reads, "Portrait of Mayflower student"

label: Restrictions

content: Access by appointment only. To make a research appointment, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2015-015-1381

unittitle: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

unittitle: Daily life


title: EEPA 2008-009-1640 to 1675

label: Collection Creator

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

indexedContent: Brinkworth, William Ian

label: See more items in

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

indexedContent: William Ian Brinkworth collection

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 5: Black and White Negatives / 5.3: Medium Blue Negative Booklets

label: Container

content: Drawer B5-6

label: Archival Repository

content: EEPA.2008-009, File Book 12

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives

indexedContent: Negatives

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection, 2008-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

label: Scope and Contents note

content: School play Ibadan; Date 20/5/53 [Illegible manuscript] (36 frames)

unitid: Collection Book 12

unittitle: William Ian Brinkworth collection

unitid: Series Book 12

unittitle: Black and White Negatives

unitid: Subseries Book 12

unittitle: Medium Blue Negative Booklets

unitid: File Book 12

title: EEPA 2008-009-1640 to 1675


title: [Benin Bronze View 1]

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 1: Black and White Photographs / Various - Described by Brinkworth on Cassette Tapes 6 & 7

content: Box 3, Folder 9

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0405

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

indexedContent: Photographs

label: Collection Citation

unitid: Collection EEPA.2008-009-0405

unittitle: Black and White Photographs

unittitle: [Benin Bronze View 1]

title: [Benin Bronze View 1]


title: [Contact Sheet -- Chief Awolowo] (I.B. #358)

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

indexedContent: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 1: Black and White Photographs / Various - Described by Brinkworth on Cassette Tapes 6 & 7

content: Box 3, Folder 8

content: EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0392

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

label: Collection Rights

unitid: Collection EEPA.2008-009-0392


title: Woman in entryway of house, South Africa

label: General

content: Frame number: 26

content: Knight, Natalie

indexedContent: Knight, Natalie

content: Priebatsch, Suzanne

indexedContent: Priebatsch, Suzanne

content: Natalie Knight and Suzanne Priebatsch collection / Series 2: Negatives

content: 1 Negative (color, 35 mm)

label: Date

content: EEPA.2012-010, Item EEPA 2012-010-1487

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives

content: Natalie Knight and Suzanne Priebatsch Collection, EEPA 2012-010, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

label: Collection Restrictions

unitid: Collection EEPA 2012-010-1487


title: Women Weaving, LaDuke and Others Sketching, Village Scenes, Scenic Views of Countryside, Senafe, Eritrea

content: Original file numbers: 2424-1 and 2424-2

label: Item Creator

content: LaDuke, Betty

indexedContent: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

indexedContent: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 1: Photographic Prints / Binder 3

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1997/1997 type:inclusive

content: Binder 3

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

label: Item Citation

content: Betty LaDuke collection, EEPA 2007-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Item Rights

label: Scope and Contents

content: EEPA 2007-003-1067 to 1103

label: Item Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  The negatives are located in cold storage.  All negatives have been digitized and are available online.

unittitle: Betty LaDuke collection

unittitle: Binder 3


title: Students painting at the United States Information Services artists workshop, Asmara, Eritrea

content: Original file / frame number: 8157 / 8

content: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.4: Negatives / Asmara

label: Extent

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm)

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0605

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

indexedContent: Negatives (photographic)

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-0605


title: EEPA 2008-009-1192 to 1269

label: Collection Creator

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

label: See more items in

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 5: Black and White Negatives / 5.1: Black Negative Booklets

content: Drawer B5-6

content: EEPA.2008-009, File Book 4

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives

content: 1-6 Oro Ceremony; 7-25 Bale Tube's Festival; 26-31 Crowning of Olubadan; 32-47; YIS 519 [Illegible manuscript; frame descriptions on inside; contact sheets: uniformed soldiers, beaded gourds, crowning of chief with European man] (78 frames)

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection Book 4

unitid: Series Book 4

unitid: Subseries Book 4

unittitle: Black Negative Booklets

unitid: File Book 4

title: EEPA 2008-009-1192 to 1269


level: subseries

title: 1989

content: Drewal, Henry John

indexedContent: Drewal, Henry John

content: Drewal, Margaret Thompson

indexedContent: Drewal, Margaret Thompson

content: Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection / Nigeria

label: Archival Repository

content: Archival materials

content: Henry and Margaret Drewal Photographs, EEPA 1992-028, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  Copyright held by John and Margaret Drewal.  To publish images from this collection, permission must be given by Henry and Margaret Drewal.  Contact Archives staff for further information.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

unittitle: Nigeria


title: The work is finished and the client inspects it carefully before settling with the hairdresser, whose own elaborate hair style is called The Snail and Star.

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 1: Black and White Photographs / Hairstyles

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1901/1991 type:inclusive

content: undated

label: Container

content: Box 1, Folder 4

content: EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0044

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Photographs

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection, 2008-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

unitid: Collection EEPA.2008-009-0044

unittitle: Hairstyles


title: Nbebele woman and children, South Africa

content: Frame number: 20a

label: Collection Photographer

content: Knight, Natalie

content: Priebatsch, Suzanne

content: Natalie Knight and Suzanne Priebatsch collection / Series 2: Negatives

content: 1 Negative (color, 35 mm)

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2012-010, Item EEPA 2012-010-1375

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives

unitid: Collection EEPA 2012-010-1375

unittitle: Negatives


title: One male and two female Ibeji figures, side view, Ibadan, Nigeria

content: Slide No. R31-32

label: Creator

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

indexedContent: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

label: Topic

content: Ere ibeji

indexedContent: Ere ibeji

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

label: Culture

content: Yoruba (African people)

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Ibeji / Iwo, Abeokuta, Ibadan, and Miko Sarkin Fulani

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)

content: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0579

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

label: Collection Citation

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  For terms of use, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.

content: Original text on slide reads, "One male and two female Ibeji figures, side view. L- 66.2.165. M- 52.15.30. Ibadan?. R- 68.4.150. Ilorin Prov"

label: Restrictions

content: Access by appointment only. To make a research appointment, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2015-015-0579

unittitle: Ibeji

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2015-015-0579


level: series

title: Ibeji, Kishi, Nigeria

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

indexedContent: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

content: 12 Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unittitle: Ibeji, Kishi, Nigeria

title: Ibeji, Kishi, Nigeria


title: Kunama women outside of the Tacoumbia (Tokombiya) Food Distribution Center, Tacoumbia (Tokombiya), Eritrea

label: General

content: Original file / frame number: 4128-1 / 24a

label: Item Creator

content: LaDuke, Betty

content: Kunama (African people)

indexedContent: Kunama (African people)

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.2: Negatives / Tacoumbia, Eritrea

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm)

label: Date

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0869

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

label: Item Citation

content: Betty LaDuke collection, EEPA 2007-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Item Rights

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  The negatives are located in cold storage.  All negatives have been digitized and are available online.

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-0869

unittitle: Tacoumbia, Eritrea


title: Ife-Olu [Solaru] with Osugbo cloth and staff, Ilishan- Remo, Nigeria

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) -- Religious aspects

indexedContent: Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Yoruba (African people)

indexedContent: Yoruba (African people)

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Egbe Society, drum-making, and home of Ife-Olu Solaru in Ilishan / Ife-Olu Solaru's home in Ilishan

label: Extent

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1604

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

label: Scope and Contents

content: Original text on slide reads, "Ife-Olu [Solaru] with Osugbo cloth and staff"

unitid: Collection EEPA 2015-015-1604

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2015-015-1604

unittitle: Ife-Olu Solaru's home in Ilishan


title: Ikoyi Cemetery,  Ìlá Òràngún, Nigeria

content: Slide No. R9-22

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Tombs

indexedContent: Tombs

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Yoruba (African people)

label: See more items in

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Portraits and Fashion

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)

label: Archival Repository

content: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0952

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Original text on slide reads, "Ikoyi Cemetery. #113"

unitid: Collection EEPA 2015-015-0952

unittitle: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

unittitle: Portraits and Fashion

unittitle: Ikoyi Cemetery,  Ìlá Òràngún, Nigeria

title: Ikoyi Cemetery,  Ìlá Òràngún, Nigeria


title: Ìlá Òràngún

label: Collection Photographer

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Ibeji

content: 41 Slides (photographs)

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unittitle: Ìlá Òràngún

title: Ìlá Òràngún


title: "Danseuses de N'GORON" [N'GORON dancers], N'Dara, Côte d'Ivoire

label: Photographer

content: Ascani, Maurice

indexedContent: Ascani, Maurice

label: Place

content: Côte d'Ivoire

indexedContent: Côte d'Ivoire

label: Topic

content: Dance

indexedContent: Dance

content: Ascani, Maurice

content: Stephen Grant postcards

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Côte D'Ivoire

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Côte D'Ivoire

content: 1 Postcard (color, 4 x 6 in)

label: Container

content: Binder 1

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0303

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

content: Postcards

label: Processing Information

content: Title created by archive staff; typed description on verso. signature printed on recto;

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Maurice Ascani [printed signature]; République de Côte d'Ivoire[,] 35 - Danseuses de N'GORON[], Village de N'DARA; © photo Maurice ASCANI; Reproduction interdite, Photographed by Ascani, Maurice Published by Editions Phocal 01 B.P. 32 ABIDJAN 01 R.C.I.

content: Digital image not available due to cultural sensitivity. Contact archives staff for more information.

unittitle: Stephen Grant postcards

unittitle: Côte D'Ivoire


title: Ekpe Urhobo Leaf Masquerade, Ohoro Town, Nigeria

content: Borgatti, Jean

indexedContent: Borgatti, Jean

content: Borgatti, Jean

content: Nigeria

indexedContent: Nigeria

content: Borgatti, Jean

content: Jean Borgatti Collection

indexedContent: Jean Borgatti Collection

content: Jean Borgatti Collection / Series 1: Field Slides / 1.1: Field Slides

content: Archival materials

label: Collection Citation

content: Jean Borgatti Collection, EEPA 2016-007, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Collection Rights

content:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Collection contains images of art and museum objects and exhibitions with copyright restrictions.

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unittitle: Jean Borgatti Collection

unittitle: Field Slides


title: Larrabee in her Photography Studio, Pretoria, South Africa

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

indexedContent: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

indexedContent: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs

label: Sponsor

content: The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.

label: Date

content: circa 1940

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

unittitle: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

unittitle: Photographs


title: The Market Theatre Diary. Features include play "Master Harold"…and the Boys and Photo Gallery exhibition by Constance Stuart Larrabee.

label: Names

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 2: Manuscript Materials / South Africa / South Africa

content: undated

content: Box 10, Folder 56a

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.1998-006, Item 1325

content: Archival materials

unitid: Collection 1325

unitid: Series 1325

unittitle: Manuscript Materials

unitid: File 1325

unittitle: South Africa

unitid: Item 1325


title: Durban The South Beach and Lido from the West Street pier

label: General

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Image indexed by negative number.

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: South Africa

indexedContent: South Africa

content: Cultural landscapes

indexedContent: Cultural landscapes

content: African Postcard Collection

indexedContent: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 41: South Africa (SA)

label: Extent

content: 1 Postcard (col., 10.5 x 15.5 cm.)

content: ca. 1970

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-30-101

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Picture postcards

indexedContent: Picture postcards

content: African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Genre/Form

content: Picture postcards

content: Original caption reads, "Durban, The South Beach and Lido from the West Street pier. Die Suidstrand en Lido van die Westraat se pier af."

unitid: Collection EEPA SA-30-101

unittitle: African Postcard Collection

unitid: Series EEPA SA-30-101

unittitle: South Africa (SA)

unitid: Item EEPA SA-30-101


title: Saint Louis, Senegal Post Office

label: Local Numbers

content: Image indexed by negative number.

content: Africa

content: Senegal

indexedContent: Senegal

content: Transportation

indexedContent: Transportation

content: Cultural landscapes

label: See more items in

content: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

content: 1 Postcard (col., 10.5 x 15 cm.)

label: Archival Repository

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-07-76

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

label: Scope and Contents

content: Postcard image of a large building with ornamental ironwork. Vehicles are parked in front. A sign on the building reads: "Hotel de la Poste." Text on verso reads: "33 - SAINT LOUIS (Senegal); Hotel de la Poste.; Post Office."On verso: "Wakhatilene; Face - Zone Nord; Saint-Louis."

unitid: Collection EEPA SG-07-76

unitid: Series EEPA SG-07-76

unittitle: Senegal (SG)

unitid: Item EEPA SG-07-76

unittitle: Saint Louis, Senegal Post Office

title: Saint Louis, Senegal Post Office


title: A woman breastfeeding her child in her home, Lalibela, Ethiopia

content: Original file / frame number: 2937 / unnumbered

label: Item Creator

content: LaDuke, Betty

indexedContent: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

indexedContent: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.8: Negatives / Lalibela, Ethiopia

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1313

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

indexedContent: Negatives (photographic)

label: Item Citation

content: Betty LaDuke collection, EEPA 2007-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Item Rights

label: Item Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  The negatives are located in cold storage.  All negatives have been digitized and are available online.

unittitle: Betty LaDuke collection

unittitle: Negatives

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-1313

unittitle: Lalibela, Ethiopia


title: Young children, Woki Duba, Eritrea

content: Original file / frame number: 2259-1 / 15a

content: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.11: Negatives / Woki Duba, Eritrea

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1663

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-1663

unittitle: Woki Duba, Eritrea

unittitle: Young children, Woki Duba, Eritrea

title: Young children, Woki Duba, Eritrea


title: Photocopy of newspaper article entitled "Piece of city history dies with the Doll House", regarding sentimental farewell to "Cape Town's oldest roadhouse" which is being torn down and replaced with office buildings.

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

label: Collection Photographer

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 2: Manuscript Materials / Early Family Pictures

content: The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.

content: undated

label: Container

content: Box 9, Folder 49

content: EEPA.1998-006, Item 1121

content: Archival materials

label: Collection Citation

label: Collection Rights

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection 1121

unitid: Series 1121

unitid: File 1121

unittitle: Early Family Pictures

unitid: Item 1121


title: Esplanade Durban

label: General

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Image indexed by negative number.

label: Place

content: Africa

content: South Africa

label: Topic

content: Cultural landscapes

content: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 41: South Africa (SA)

label: Extent

content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 8.5 x 13.5 cm.)

label: Date

content: ca. 1970

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-30-88

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

content: Picture postcards

content: Picture postcards

content: Original caption reads, "Esplanade, Durban."

unitid: Collection EEPA SA-30-88

unitid: Series EEPA SA-30-88

unitid: Item EEPA SA-30-88

unittitle: Esplanade Durban

title: Esplanade Durban


title: St-LOUIS (Sénégal) Les Courses du 14 Juillet

content: Image indexed by negative number.

label: Local Note

content: Additional handwritten number on verso reads, "1985-147003."

content: Note: Previous Call number was: EEPA SG-04-03; New Call Number is: EEPA SG-23-09. The decision to modify the Call Number was made on November 10, 2009.

content: Africa

content: Senegal

content: Rites and ceremonies -- Africa

indexedContent: Rites and ceremonies

content: Recreation

indexedContent: Recreation

label: See more items in

content: African Postcard Collection

indexedContent: African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

label: Archival Repository

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-23-09

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Genre/Form

content: Postcards

content: Text on front reads: "141. St-LOUIS (Sénégal) - Les Courses du 14 Juillet. P. Tacher, phot, St-Louis."

content: Translated postcard caption reads, "141. St-LOUIS (Senegal) - Horseracing on the Fourteenth of July."

content: Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "Février de l'an bien bien passé et sagement passé. Il faut de la santé pour 1912, il y a une bande qui rentre à Paris, les Flinons, Soret, Lebrue, Paulien, etc. La mère Flinon veut s'amuser et espère vous coller son monstre de temps en temps (pour le garder), mais je lui ai fait comprendre que je vous accapare d'autorité na!... Je suis allé à un mariage. J'ai dansé une fois avec Mme Flinon. Le monde chic va jouer une pièce de l'Odéon sous la direction de Bauer, les dancer du monde vont, parait-il jouer et, parait-il, j'aurai le principal role. C'est une pièce de l'Odéon: La vie de Bohème. Bauer m'a demandé si je ferai le sacrifice de mes moustaches, ce a quoi j'ai répondu oui, et puis ca repousse, les siennes sont magnifiques, des détails demain. Recu colis très bien arrivé. On en mange encore, merci. Vous êtes des petits anges, merci. 2 janvier 1919 ."

content: Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "End of the year very well spent and wisely spent. Health is necessary for 1912, there is a group that is returning to Paris, the Flinons, the Sorets, Lebrue, Paulien, etc. The mother Flinon wants to have fun and at last to stick you with her monster from time to time (to watch him) but I made her understand that I monopolize your authority, there!... I went to a wedding, I danced once with Mrs. Flinon. The chic world is putting on a play from the Odeon under Bauer's direction, dancers of the world are going, it seems to play and, it seems I will have the principal role. It s an Odeon play 'The Bohemian Life' Bauer asked me if I would make the sacrifice of my mustaches to which I responded Yes and besides they grow back, his are magnificent, details tomorrow. Received package very well arrived we are still eating it thank you. You are little angels, thanks. January 2, 1919."

unitid: Collection EEPA SG-23-09

unitid: Series EEPA SG-23-09

unitid: Item EEPA SG-23-09


title: Bamama Figurative Sculpture

content: Exhibition Files

indexedContent: Exhibition Files

content: Exhibition Files / Series 1: Inventory

indexedContent: Exhibition Files / Series 1: Inventory

content: Box 1, Folder 4

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Exhibition Files, EEPA 1997-0018, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

unittitle: Exhibition Files

unittitle: Inventory

unittitle: Bamama Figurative Sculpture

title: Bamama Figurative Sculpture


title: Man with Fishing Net

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

label: Photographer

content: Gabriel, Léopold

indexedContent: Gabriel, Léopold

content: Gabriel, Léopold

content: Africa

content: Congo (Democratic Republic)

indexedContent: Congo (Democratic Republic)

content: Portrait photography

indexedContent: Portrait photography

content: Gabriel, Léopold

content: L. Gabriel photographs

indexedContent: L. Gabriel photographs

content: 1 Postcard ((silver gelatin, b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.1989-001, Item EEPA 1989-010169

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

label: Scope and Contents

content: No caption

unitid: Collection EEPA 1989-010169

unittitle: L. Gabriel photographs

unittitle: Man with Fishing Net

title: Man with Fishing Net


title: Women embroidering crafts, Senafe, Eritrea

content: Original file / frame number: 510-1 / 17a

label: Item Creator

content: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.14: Negatives / Senafe, Eritrea

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-2091

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

label: Item Citation

content: Betty LaDuke collection, EEPA 2007-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Item Rights

label: Item Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  The negatives are located in cold storage.  All negatives have been digitized and are available online.

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-2091

unittitle: Senafe, Eritrea


title: People gathered outside of a Red Cross service building, Eritrea

label: General

content: Original file / frame number: 2261-1 / 17a

content: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.11: Negatives / Eritrea (city unidentified)

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1739

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-1739

unittitle: Eritrea (city unidentified)


title: Article entitled "The Bushmen of the Kalahari", in Natural History, with photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee.

label: Names

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

indexedContent: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

label: Collection Photographer

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

indexedContent: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 2: Manuscript Materials / Bushmen: South Africa

label: Sponsor

content: The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.

content: 1952 December

label: Container

content: Box 1, Folder 10

content: EEPA.1998-006, Item 171

content: Archival materials

label: Collection Citation

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Collection Rights

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection 171

unittitle: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

unitid: Series 171

unittitle: Manuscript Materials

unitid: File 171

unittitle: Bushmen: South Africa

unitid: Item 171


title: Letter to Constance Stuart Larrabee from Anne Paton.

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

label: See more items in

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 2: Manuscript Materials / Alan Paton

label: Date

content: 1986 February 27

content: Box 7, Folder 39a

label: Archival Repository

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.1998-006, Item 798b

content: Archival materials

unitid: Collection 798b

unitid: Series 798b

unitid: File 798b

unittitle: Alan Paton

unitid: Item 798b


title: "Basket Weaver" by Haile Wolde-Michael, Eritrea

content: Original file / frame number: 4106 / 1a

content: LaDuke, Betty

indexedContent: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.2: Negatives / Eritrea (city unidentified)

label: Extent

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0027

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

unittitle: Betty LaDuke collection

unittitle: Negatives

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-0027


title: Azumini Palm Oil Market N.C.P

label: Local Numbers

content: EEPA 1995-024-0059

label: Place

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: Nigeria

indexedContent: Nigeria

content: W. H. Himbury photographs

indexedContent: W. H. Himbury photographs

content: 1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 13.5 x 20.4 cm.)

content: EEPA.1995-024, Item EEPA 1995-240059

content: Archival materials

content: Photographic prints

indexedContent: Photographic prints

label: Genre/Form

content: Photographic prints

label: Scope and Contents

content: Several grass huts are built at the edge of the waterway. A group of Natives reach the marketplace by canoe.

unitid: Collection EEPA 1995-240059

unittitle: W. H. Himbury photographs

unittitle: Azumini Palm Oil Market N.C.P

title: Azumini Palm Oil Market N.C.P


title: Cheko performance - women masqueraders Inland Delta region, Niger

label: Photographer

content: Ravenhill, Philip L.

indexedContent: Ravenhill, Philip L.

content: Ravenhill, Philip L.

content: Africa

content: Niger

indexedContent: Niger

label: Topic

content: Puppet theater

indexedContent: Puppet theater

content: Masquerades

indexedContent: Masquerades

content: Ravenhill, Philip L.

label: Culture

content: Bamana (African people)

indexedContent: Bamana (African people)

content: Philip L. Ravenhill photographs

indexedContent: Philip L. Ravenhill photographs

content: Philip L. Ravenhill photographs / Bamana, Niger

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

content: June 1989

content: EEPA.1989-006, Item EEPA 1989-061144

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

content: Color slides

indexedContent: Color slides

content: Color slides

unitid: Collection EEPA 1989-061144

unittitle: Philip L. Ravenhill photographs

unittitle: Bamana, Niger


title: Works of art in situ

content:
Goldenberg

 I 2 YRB

label: Collection Creator

content: Drewal, Henry John

indexedContent: Drewal, Henry John

content: Drewal, Margaret Thompson

indexedContent: Drewal, Margaret Thompson

content: Africa

content: Nigeria

content: Shango -- Photographs

indexedContent: Shango

content: Art in situ -- Photographs

indexedContent: Art in situ

content: Works of art in situ

indexedContent: Works of art in situ

content: Yoruba (African people)

indexedContent: Yoruba (African people)

content: Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection / Nigeria

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

content: EEPA.1992-028, Item EEPA 1992-028-01708

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Henry and Margaret Drewal Photographs, EEPA 1992-028, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  Copyright held by John and Margaret Drewal.  To publish images from this collection, permission must be given by Henry and Margaret Drewal.  Contact Archives staff for further information.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Goldenberg-LA, Shango [no numbers to correspond to field notes].

unitid: Collection EEPA 1992-028-01708

unittitle: Nigeria

unittitle: Works of art in situ

title: Works of art in situ


title: Geometric Decoration of Gurunsi home

label: General

content: Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

label: Creator

content: Doochin, Michael D.

indexedContent: Doochin, Michael D.

label: Collection Photographer

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

indexedContent: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

content: Wa (Ghana)

indexedContent: Wa (Ghana)

content: Grusi (African people)

indexedContent: Grusi (African people)

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

indexedContent: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Ghana

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: 2004 November 10

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0148

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

label: Collection Citation

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection, EEPA 2020-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Contact Archives staff for further information. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Geometric Decoration of Gurunsi home, geometric decoration. Original Carousel number, 2, Slide number, 14.

label: Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-0148

unittitle: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

unittitle: Ghana

unittitle: Geometric Decoration of Gurunsi home

title: Geometric Decoration of Gurunsi home


title: Capoeira sparring in the street, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

content: Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963

indexedContent: Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean)

content: Capoeira (Dance)

indexedContent: Capoeira (Dance)

content: Festivals

indexedContent: Festivals

label: See more items in

content: Melville Herskovits photographs

indexedContent: Melville Herskovits photographs

content: Melville Herskovits photographs / Brazil

content: 1 Photographic print (B/W, 3 x 4 in.)

label: Date

content: 1942 January 15

label: Archival Repository

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.1986-029, Item EEPA.1986-029-0726

content: Archival materials

content: Photographic prints

indexedContent: Photographic prints

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Sparring during the Nosso Senhor do Bonfim feast procession, on the third Thursday of January. Appears in the publication, Field Station Bahia: Brazil in the Work of Lorenzo Dow Turner, E. Franklin Frazier and Frances and Melville Herskovits, 1935-1967, by Livio Sansone.

label: Series Restrictions

unitid: Collection EEPA.1986-029-0726

unittitle: Melville Herskovits photographs

unittitle: Brazil


title: Group of women outside of terreiro, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

content: Melville Herskovits photographs

indexedContent: Melville Herskovits photographs / Brazil

label: Extent

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (B/W, 3 x 4 in.)

content: ca. 1941-1942

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.1986-029, Item EEPA.1986-029-0743

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

indexedContent: Negatives (photographic)

unitid: Collection EEPA.1986-029-0743


title: ere ibeji in collection of Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

content: Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes. Original number, "VIII.B.70.70"

label: Photographer

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

indexedContent: Pemberton, John, III

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -

indexedContent: Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -

content: Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009

indexedContent: Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009

label: Place

content: Ibadan (Nigeria)

indexedContent: Ibadan (Nigeria)

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: John Pemberton III Collection

indexedContent: John Pemberton III Collection

content: John Pemberton III Collection / Slides / Arts and artists, Ila Orangun / Carvings

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3178

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

content: John Pemberton III Collection, EEPA.2014-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

label: Collection Rights

label: Scope and Contents

content: ere ibeji in collection of Institute of African Studies. University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Lamidi O. Fakeye (1928-2011)

label: Collection Restrictions

unitid: Collection EEPA_2013-015-3178

unittitle: John Pemberton III Collection

unittitle: Slides

unittitle: Arts and artists, Ila Orangun

unittitle: Carvings


title: Repairing gun

label: General

content: Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes. Original number, "I.84.54"

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -

content: Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009

content: Ila Orangun (Nigeria)

indexedContent: Ila Orangun (Nigeria)

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: John Pemberton III Collection

content: John Pemberton III Collection / Slides / Town scenes

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-0451

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA_2013-015-0451

unittitle: Town scenes

unittitle: Repairing gun

title: Repairing gun


title: Muslim clerics praying at Palace

content: Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes. Original number, "VII.B.82.21"

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

label: Collection Photographer

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -

content: Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009

content: Ila Orangun (Nigeria)

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: John Pemberton III Collection

content: John Pemberton III Collection / Slides / Islam

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3093

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA_2013-015-3093

unittitle: Islam

unittitle: Muslim clerics praying at Palace

title: Muslim clerics praying at Palace


title: Palace Egungun Elewe dance before Oba William Adetona Ayeni

content: Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes. Original number, "III.A.81.238"

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -

content: Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009

content: Ila Orangun (Nigeria)

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: John Pemberton III Collection

content: John Pemberton III Collection / Slides / Odun Egungun: Festival for the Ancestors / Thirteenth Day of Odun Egungun

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-0940

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

label: Collection Citation

unitid: Collection EEPA_2013-015-0940

unittitle: Thirteenth Day of Odun Egungun


title: Forest scenes, outside Iwo

content: Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes. Original number, "IX.72.281"

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -

content: Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009

content: Iwo (Nigeria)

indexedContent: Iwo (Nigeria)

content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016

content: John Pemberton III Collection

content: John Pemberton III Collection / Slides / From Lagos to Ekiti / Iwo (Nigeria)

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3697

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA_2013-015-3697

unittitle: From Lagos to Ekiti

unittitle: Iwo (Nigeria)

unittitle: Forest scenes, outside Iwo

title: Forest scenes, outside Iwo


title: Exterior of the Chapel of the Tablet at the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, Aksum, Ethiopia

content: Doochin, Michael D.

indexedContent: Doochin, Michael D.

label: Collection Creator

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

indexedContent: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

content: Ethiopia, -- Tigray region, -- Āksum (Axum)

indexedContent: Ethiopia,

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

indexedContent: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Ethiopia / Aksum

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3048

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection, EEPA 2020-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Chapel of the Tablet at the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, which is said to house the Biblical Ark of the Covenant. Original Carousel 24, slide 103.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.This collection is fully digitized with a selection of images available online. Please reach out to the Archives staff for more information.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-3048

unittitle: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

unittitle: Ethiopia

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2020-001-3048

unittitle: Aksum


content: Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

label: Creator

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

content: Tombouctou (Mali)

indexedContent: Tombouctou (Mali)

content: Doochin, Michael D.

label: Culture

content: Songhai (African people)

indexedContent: Songhai (African people)

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Mali

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1725

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

label: Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Contact Archives staff for further information. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Women selling produce and containers at the market. Original Carousel number, 14, slide number, 53.

label: Restrictions

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-1725

unittitle: Mali


title: Farmer and oxen, North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

content: Debarkʼ (Ethiopia)

indexedContent: Debarkʼ (Ethiopia)

label: See more items in

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Ethiopia / Traveling between Gondar and Simien Mountains

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

label: Date

label: Archival Repository

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2822

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Original Carousel 23, slide 9.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-2822

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2020-001-2822


title: People shopping at Djenne Market

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

content: Djenné (Mali)

indexedContent: Djenné (Mali)

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Fulani

indexedContent: Fulani

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

indexedContent: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Mali

label: Extent

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1858

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: People shopping at Djenne Market. Original Carousel number, 15, slide number, 53.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-1858

unittitle: People shopping at Djenne Market

title: People shopping at Djenne Market


title: Dogon dwellings built into the cliff

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

label: Place

content: Bandiagara, Falaise de (escarpment)

indexedContent: Bandiagara, Falaise de (escarpment)

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Dogon (African people)

indexedContent: Dogon (African people)

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1023

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Dogon dwellings built into the cliff. Original Carousel number, 9, slide number, 12.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-1023

unittitle: Dogon dwellings built into the cliff

title: Dogon dwellings built into the cliff


content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

content: Tombouctou (Mali)

label: Topic

content: Tuareg (African people)

indexedContent: Tuareg (African people)

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1680

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

label: Scope and Contents

content: People sorting food near temporary structures. Original Carousel number, 14, slide number, 6.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-1680


title: "Owl Man," Ife Terracotta Head

content: Blackmun, Barbara Winston, 1928-2018

indexedContent: Blackmun, Barbara Winston

content: Art, African

indexedContent: Art, African

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection

indexedContent: Barbara Blackmun Collection

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection / Series 1: Museum Objects / Figures / Location Unidentified

content: 1 Slides (photographs)

content: circa 1981-1994

content: EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0269

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection, EEPA 2016-012, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Collection Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.  Items 1234-1256 restricted. Available to view onsite only.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2016-012-0269

unittitle: Barbara Blackmun Collection

unittitle: Museum Objects

unittitle: Figures

unittitle: Location Unidentified

unittitle: "Owl Man," Ife Terracotta Head

title: "Owl Man," Ife Terracotta Head


title: Carved Ivory Tusks

label: Collection Photographer

content: Blackmun, Barbara Winston, 1928-2018

content: Art, African

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection / Series 1: Museum Objects / Tusks

content: 1 Slides (photographs)

content: circa 1981-1994

content: EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0681

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

label: Collection Citation

unitid: Collection EEPA 2016-012-0681

unittitle: Tusks

unittitle: Carved Ivory Tusks

title: Carved Ivory Tusks


title: Chief Ezomo with Son

content: Blackmun, Barbara Winston, 1928-2018

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection / Series 2: People / Chief Ezomo and Family

content: 1 Slides (photographs)

content: circa 1969-1994

content: EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0803

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2016-012-0803

unittitle: People

unittitle: Chief Ezomo and Family

unittitle: Chief Ezomo with Son

title: Chief Ezomo with Son


title: Plaque Depicting Head of Horse

content: Blackmun, Barbara Winston, 1928-2018

content: Art, African

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection / Series 1: Museum Objects / Plaques

content: 1 Slides (photographs)

content: circa 1981-1994

content: EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0489

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2016-012-0489

unittitle: Plaques

unittitle: Plaque Depicting Head of Horse

title: Plaque Depicting Head of Horse


title: Benin Brass "Enemy" Head with Facial Marks

content: Blackmun, Barbara Winston, 1928-2018

content: Art, African

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection / Series 1: Museum Objects / Figures / Jos Museum, Jos, Nigeria

content: 1 Slides (photographs)

content: circa 1981-1994

content: EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0179

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2016-012-0179

unittitle: Jos Museum, Jos, Nigeria


title: Ewere Festival, Nigeria

content: Blackmun, Barbara Winston, 1928-2018

content: Nigeria

indexedContent: Nigeria

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection / Series 3: Ceremonies and Festivals / Ewere Festival, Nigeria

content: 1 Slides (photographs)

content: EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-1134

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2016-012-1134

unittitle: Ceremonies and Festivals

unittitle: Ewere Festival, Nigeria

title: Ewere Festival, Nigeria


title: Benin City, Nigeria

content: Blackmun, Barbara Winston, 1928-2018

content: Nigeria

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection / Series 4: Landscape and Street Scenes, Nigeria / Benin City, Nigeria

content: 1 Slides (photographs)

content: circa 1969-1994

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-1301

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2016-012-1301

unittitle: Landscape and Street Scenes, Nigeria

unittitle: Benin City, Nigeria

title: Benin City, Nigeria


title: Ewere Festival, Nigeria

content: Blackmun, Barbara Winston, 1928-2018

content: Nigeria

content: Barbara Blackmun Collection

indexedContent: Barbara Blackmun Collection / Series 3: Ceremonies and Festivals / Ewere Festival, Nigeria

content: 1 Slides (photographs)

content: EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-1162

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2016-012-1162

unittitle: Barbara Blackmun Collection

title: Ewere Festival, Nigeria


title: The inner courtyard of the IFAN Historical Museum fortress, Gorée, Senegal

label: General

content: Original description provided by Geary: Goree, Fort. Inner courtyard of fort which now serves as the historical museum. October 1990

content: Geary, Christraud M.

indexedContent: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of Senegal / Series 1: Research Trip / 1.2: Gorée, Senegal

content: 1 Slide (color, 35 mm)

content: October 1990

content: EEPA.1991-002, Item EEPA 1991-020095

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Slides

indexedContent: Slides

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of Senegal, EEPA 1991-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content:
Use of original records requires an appointment.  Original slides are housed in the cold vault.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

Digital images are available online.

unitid: Collection EEPA 1991-020095

unittitle: Research Trip

unitid: Subseries EEPA 1991-020095

unittitle: Gorée, Senegal


title: Clay pots drying in the sun outside of a clayworks, Yelwa, Nigeria

content: Negative/strip number: 34A/35, 6

label: Photographer

content: Jenness, Aylette

indexedContent: Jenness, Aylette

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Nigeria

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Aylette Jenness Collection

indexedContent: Aylette Jenness Collection

content: Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Hausa People Working at a Clayworks

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

content: EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-2049

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

indexedContent: Negatives (photographic)

content: Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unittitle: Aylette Jenness Collection

unittitle: Yelwa

unittitle: Hausa People Working at a Clayworks


title: Kamberi women and children dancing and carrying baskets, Agwana, Nigeria

content: Negative/strip number: 42/43, 4

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Nigeria

content: Kamberi (African people)

indexedContent: Kamberi (African people)

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Aylette Jenness Collection

content: Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 1: Agwana / Kamberi Dance Performance

content: 1968 December

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0057

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

unittitle: Agwana

unittitle: Kamberi Dance Performance


title: A vendor displaying a textile for sale at a market in Yelwa, Nigeria

content: Negative/strip number: 33, 3

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Nigeria

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Aylette Jenness Collection

content: Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Market Scenes

content: EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1335

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

unittitle: Market Scenes


title: Children playing with a gourd in front of a woven mat fence, near Yelwa, Nigeria

content: Negative/strip number: 49, 4

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Nigeria

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Aylette Jenness Collection

content: Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Mallam Baba, Family, and Village Scenes

content: EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1479

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

unittitle: Mallam Baba, Family, and Village Scenes


title: Applique cloth, stools, silver armlets, and other objects at palace, Abomey, Dahomey Kingdom, Benin

content: Meyerowitz, Eva L. R. (Eva Lewin Richter), 1899-1994

label: Item Photographer

label: Item Creator

content: Meyerowitz, Herbert Vladimir, 1900-1945

indexedContent: Meyerowitz, Herbert Vladimir

content: Abomey, Dahomey Kingdom, Benin

indexedContent: Abomey, Dahomey Kingdom, Benin

content: Eva L. R. Meyerowitz Photographs

indexedContent: Eva L. R. Meyerowitz Photographs

content: Eva L. R. Meyerowitz Photographs / Series 1: Negatives / 1.1: Abomey, Dahomey Kingdom, Benin

label: Container

content: Box 1, Photo-folder 3, Frame 37

content: EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0043

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives

indexedContent: Negatives

content: Negatives (photographic)

label: Item Citation

content: Eva L. R. Meyerowitz photographs, EEPA 1987-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Item Rights

label: Item Restrictions

unittitle: Eva L. R. Meyerowitz Photographs

unittitle: Negatives

unitid: Subseries EEPA 1987-009-0043

unittitle: Abomey, Dahomey Kingdom, Benin


title: A young man drumming during a performance outside of a resettlement village, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

content: Negative/strip number: 72, 6

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Nigeria

content: Jenness, Aylette

label: See more items in

content: Aylette Jenness Collection

content: Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 3: Kainji Reservoir Region / Dance Performance in a Resettlement Village

label: Extent

label: Date

label: Archival Repository

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1111

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

unittitle: Kainji Reservoir Region


title: Hausa boys walking down a street in Yelwa, Nigeria

content: Negative/strip number: 40/41, 4

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Jenness, Aylette

label: Place

content: Nigeria

label: Topic

content: Hausa (African people)

indexedContent: Hausa (African people)

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Aylette Jenness Collection

indexedContent: Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Hausa People Working at a Clayworks

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1718

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

label: Collection Rights


title: People gathered for a harvest celebration performance, Nigeria

label: General

content: Negative/strip number: 46/47, 4

content: Jenness, Aylette

label: Collection Photographer

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Nigeria

content: Kamberi (African people)

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Aylette Jenness Collection

content: Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 4: Unidentified / Harvest Celebration

content: EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0227

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

label: Collection Citation

label: Collection Restrictions

unittitle: Unidentified

unittitle: Harvest Celebration


title: The Jenness residence in Kainji, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

content: Negative/strip number: 31A/32, 4

label: Photographer

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Nigeria

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Aylette Jenness Collection

content: Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 3: Kainji Reservoir Region / Jenness Residence

content: EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0439

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

unittitle: Jenness Residence


title: A man sculpting a storage jar at a clayworks in Yelwa, Yelwa, Nigeria

content: Negative/strip number: 13A/14, 3

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Nigeria

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Aylette Jenness Collection

content: EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-2028

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)


title: Men carrying a dugout canoe on the shore of the Niger River, near Yelwa, Nigeria

content: Negative/strip number: 30A/31, 5

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Nigeria

content: Jenness, Aylette

content: Aylette Jenness Collection

content: Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Everyday Activities of Fulani, Hausa, and Kamberi Peoples, Near Yelwa

content: EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1940

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)


title: Ndebele Initiation Ceremony and Children at School, Xhosa, Tsawana Door, Sotho and Venda Kraals (Homesteads), Zululand, King William's Town, Bronkhorstspruit, and Transkei  [660-662, 694-695, and 707 RESTRICTED]

content: Knight, Natalie

indexedContent: Knight, Natalie

content: Priebatsch, Suzanne

indexedContent: Priebatsch, Suzanne

content: Natalie Knight and Suzanne Priebatsch collection / Series 1: Slides

label: Container

content: Item 661-720

content: Archival materials

content: Slides

content: Natalie Knight and Suzanne Priebatsch Collection, EEPA 2012-010, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

unittitle: Slides


title: Livingstone, Zambia

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe / Series 1: Research Trip

content: EEPA.1995-002, Subseries 1.9

content: Archival materials

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, EEPA 1995-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content:
Use of original records requires an appointment.  Original slides are housed in the cold vault.  Copy slides are available to view onsite.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

Digital images are available online.

unitid: Collection 1.9

unitid: Series 1.9

unittitle: Research Trip

unitid: Subseries 1.9

unittitle: Livingstone, Zambia

title: Livingstone, Zambia


title: A rock shelter formation, Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe / Series 1: Research Trip / 1.6: Matabo Hills, Zimbabwe

content: 1 Slide (color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.1995-002, Item EEPA 1995-020231

content: Archival materials

content: Slides

unitid: Collection EEPA 1995-020231

unitid: Subseries EEPA 1995-020231

unittitle: Matabo Hills, Zimbabwe


title: View of the Niger Delta during an airplane flight from Tombouctou to Gao, Mali

content: Original slide number: 1168

content: Shamir, Marli

indexedContent: Shamir, Marli

content: Marli Shamir collection

indexedContent: Marli Shamir collection

content: Marli Shamir collection / Series 2: Slides / 2.4: Mali / Tombouctou

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2960

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

content: Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2013-009-2960

unittitle: Marli Shamir collection

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2013-009-2960

unittitle: Mali

unittitle: Tombouctou


title: Djenné́ from across the Bani River, Djenné, Mali

content: Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Djenné views of the town from the river Bani in rain season when the town stands on an [Island]; 711-4

content: Shamir, Marli

content: Shamir, Marli

content: Mali

indexedContent: Mali

content: Djenné (Mali)

indexedContent: Djenné (Mali)

content: Shamir, Marli

content: Marli Shamir collection

content: Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Djenné

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)

flag: datechar:creation type:inclusive

content: EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1057

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2013-009-1057

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2013-009-1057

unittitle: Djenné


title: Bundles of thread in a courtyard of a weaver's studio, Bamako, Mali

content: Original slide number: 1330

content: Shamir, Marli

label: Culture

content: Bambara (African people)

indexedContent: Bambara (African people)

content: Marli Shamir collection

content: Marli Shamir collection / Series 2: Slides / 2.4: Mali / Bamako / 1968

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2320

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2013-009-2320

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2013-009-2320

unittitle: Bamako


title: A Bambara weaver sewing woven strips together, Bamako, Mali

content: Original slide number: 1334

content: Shamir, Marli

content: Bambara (African people)

content: Marli Shamir collection

indexedContent: Marli Shamir collection / Series 2: Slides / 2.4: Mali / Bamako / 1968

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2377

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2013-009-2377

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2013-009-2377


title: People walking down a street, Tombouctou, Mali

content: Original slide number: 1184

content: Shamir, Marli

content: Marli Shamir collection

indexedContent: Marli Shamir collection / Series 2: Slides / 2.4: Mali / Tombouctou

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2974

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2013-009-2974

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2013-009-2974


title: House with litema and relief border designs belonging to Jan Mokwent, between Warden and Bethlehem, Free State

content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

indexedContent: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

content: Free State (South Africa)

indexedContent: Free State (South Africa)

content: South Africa

indexedContent: South Africa

content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

content: George Rohrmann Collection

indexedContent: George Rohrmann Collection

content: George Rohrmann Collection / Series 2: Southern Africa / Free State

content: 1 Color slide (35mm)

content: EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0081

content: Archival materials

content: Color slides

indexedContent: Color slides

content: George Rohrmann Collection, EEPA 2018-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2018-003-0081

unittitle: George Rohrmann Collection

unittitle: Southern Africa

unittitle: Free State


level: collection

title: George Rohrmann Collection

content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

content: Lesotho

indexedContent: Lesotho

content: Kano (Nigeria)

indexedContent: Kano (Nigeria)

content: South Africa

content: Nigeria

indexedContent: Nigeria

content: Tanzania

indexedContent: Tanzania

content: Pedi (African people)

indexedContent: Pedi (African people)

content: Dyeing -- tie dyeing

indexedContent: Dyeing

content: Mural painting and decoration -- Buildings

indexedContent: Mural painting and decoration

content: Makonde (African people)

indexedContent: Makonde (African people)

label: Provenance

content: Donated by George Rohrmann in December 2017 and March 2018.

content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

content: Hausa (African people)

indexedContent: Hausa (African people)

content: Xhosa (African people)

indexedContent: Xhosa (African people)

content: Sotho (African people)

indexedContent: Sotho (African people)

content: Ndebele (African people)

indexedContent: Ndebele (African people)

content: Swazi (African people)

indexedContent: Swazi (African people)

content: George Rohrmann Collection

label: Summary

content: The collection depicts the everyday life and architecture of Basotho, Hausa, Makonde, Matabele, Pedi, Swazi, and Xhosa peoples in Nigeria, Southern Africa, and Tanzania.

label: Biographical / Historical

content: Dr. George F. Rohrmann is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Microbiology at Oregon State University.  His field of specialization is Virology.

content: 129 Color slides (35mm)

content: 626 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

content: Collection descriptions

indexedContent: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

content: Color slides

content: Negatives (photographic)

indexedContent: Negatives (photographic)

label: Citation

label: Arrangement

content:
The collection is arranged into series according to geographic location:

Series 1: Nigeria, 1974

Series 2: South Africa, 1970-1975

Series 3: Tanzania, 1974

label: Processing Information

content: Finding aid was written by Eden Orelove.  Kellen Hope helped create the metadata.

label: Rights

label: Content Description

content: The collection depicts Basotho, Hausa, Makonde, Matabele, Pedi, Swazi, and Xhosa peoples in Lesotho, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, and Tanzania.  Images show agricultural work, architecture, carving, cooking, landscapes, mountains, and portraits, among other subjects.  Highlights of the collection include Makonde carvers at work in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Hausa peoples tie dying at indigo dye pits in Kano, Nigeria, and house decorations in South Africa and Lesotho including Bataung houses decorated with stone mosaics.

label: Restrictions

unitid: Collection EEPA.2018-003

title: George Rohrmann Collection


title: Two children building a pigpen, a few miles northwest of Luyengo, Swaziland

content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

indexedContent: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

label: Place

content: Swaziland

indexedContent: Swaziland

content: South Africa

indexedContent: South Africa

content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

label: See more items in

content: George Rohrmann Collection

indexedContent: George Rohrmann Collection

content: George Rohrmann Collection / Series 2: Southern Africa / Near Luyengo, Swaziland

label: Extent

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

label: Date

label: Archival Repository

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0253

label: Type

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

label: Collection Rights

unitid: Collection EEPA 2018-003-0253

unittitle: Near Luyengo, Swaziland


title: Makotakota Dlamini, a sangoma (traditional healer), a few miles northwest of Luyengo, Swaziland

label: Photographer

content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

label: Collection Photographer

content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

content: Swaziland

content: South Africa

content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)

content: George Rohrmann Collection

indexedContent: George Rohrmann Collection / Series 2: Southern Africa / Near Luyengo, Swaziland

content: EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0305

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

label: Collection Citation

label: Collection Restrictions

unitid: Collection EEPA 2018-003-0305


title: "Carte de la Guinée"

label: General note

content: Artist/Engraver: M. Bonne

content: Historic maps of Africa collection

indexedContent: Historic maps of Africa collection

content: 1 Map (color, 20 3/4 x 29 7/8 in. (52.7 x 75.9 cm.))

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1779/1779 type:inclusive

label: Container

content: Map-case M8, Folder 6

content: EEPA.1991-001, Item EEPA.1991-001-0027

content: Archival materials

content: Maps

indexedContent: Maps

content: Historic maps of Africa collection, EEPA 1991-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

label: Scope and Contents note

content: Depicts: "The Cape Islands, Senegal, the coast of Guinea, and the Kingdoms of Loango, Congo, Angola, and Benguela.  Additionally, there is an inset illustrated by D'Anville that depicts the Côte D'Or.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA.1991-001-0027

unittitle: Historic maps of Africa collection

unittitle: "Carte de la Guinée"

title: "Carte de la Guinée"


title: "Africa"

content: Publisher: S&G Neele Strand

content: Historic maps of Africa collection

content: 1 Map (color, 14 1/4 x 10 in. (36.2 x 25.4 cm.))

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1813-01-01/1813-01-01 type:inclusive

content: 1813 January 1

content: Map-case M7, Folder 28

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.1991-001, Item EEPA.1991-001-0035

content: Archival materials

content: Maps

unitid: Collection EEPA.1991-001-0035

unittitle: "Africa"

title: "Africa"


title: Aerial view taken during flight from Lamu via Nairobi to Mombasa, Kenya

content: Geary, Christraud M.

indexedContent: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Kenya

indexedContent: Kenya

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of East Africa / 1.4: Mombasa, Kenya

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

content: 1994 August 3

content: EEPA.1994-008, Item EEPA 1994-008-0193

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of East Africa, EEPA 1994-008, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

unitid: Collection EEPA 1994-008-0193

unitid: Subseries EEPA 1994-008-0193

unittitle: Mombasa, Kenya


title: Exterior view of Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Kenya

content: Geary, Christraud M.

indexedContent: Christraud M. Geary photographs of East Africa / 1.4: Mombasa, Kenya

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

content: 1994 August 3

content: EEPA.1994-008, Item EEPA 1994-008-0222

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 1994-008-0222

unitid: Subseries EEPA 1994-008-0222


title: Ruins of the ancient town of Takwa on south side of Manda Island, Kenya

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Kenya

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of East Africa / 1.2: Manda Island, Kenya

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

content: 1994 August 2

content: EEPA.1994-008, Item EEPA 1994-008-0122

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 1994-008-0122

unitid: Subseries EEPA 1994-008-0122

unittitle: Manda Island, Kenya


title: View from museum over the roofs of neighboring buildings, Lamu, Kenya

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Kenya

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of East Africa / 1.1: Lamu, Kenya

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

content: 1994 August 1

content: EEPA.1994-008, Item EEPA 1994-008-0011

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 1994-008-0011

unitid: Subseries EEPA 1994-008-0011

unittitle: Lamu, Kenya


title: Chief's chair in chief's home in village, Bassar to Kara, Togo

label: General

content: Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

label: Creator

content: Doochin, Michael D.

indexedContent: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Doochin, Michael D.

label: Collection Creator

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

indexedContent: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

content: Kara (Togo)

indexedContent: Kara (Togo)

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

indexedContent: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Togo

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: 2004 November 13

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0294

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection, EEPA 2020-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Contact Archives staff for further information. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

label: Scope and Contents

content: Journey from Bassar to Kara, Chief's chair in chief's home in village on journey from Bassar to Kara. Original Carousel number, 3, slide number, 23.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-0294

unittitle: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

unittitle: Togo


title: Telegram to Eliot Elisofon from Bryan Holme regarding dummy copy of The Nile, 8/6/62

content: Elisofon, Eliot

indexedContent: Elisofon, Eliot

label: See more items in

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Manuscript Materials / G-1: The Nile—Correspondence

label: Date

content: Box 2, Folder 5

content: Archival materials

content: Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

unittitle: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

unittitle: Manuscript Materials

unittitle: G-1: The Nile—Correspondence


title: Letter to James Osborn from Eliot Elisofon, 1/10/57, requesting permission to use photos of his artifacts in The Sculpture of Africa

content: Elisofon, Eliot

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Manuscript Materials / E-3: The Sculpture of Africa—Correspondence

content: Box 2, Folder 1

label: Archival Repository

content: Archival materials


title: Handwritten letter(print faded) to William Fagg from Eliot Elisofon, 12/10/67, regarding script for The Sculpture of Africa, pages 1-2

content: Elisofon, Eliot

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Manuscript Materials / F-3: The Sculpture of Africa—Correspondence

content: Box 2, Folder 4

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.


title: Letter to Arthur A. Cohen from Eliot Elisofon, 3/9/66, informing him that he would like to meet with him

content: Elisofon, Eliot

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Manuscript Materials / F-3: The Sculpture of Africa—Correspondence

content: Box 2, Folder 4

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: Archival materials

label: Collection Rights


title: Essay entitled "On African Art", pages 1-8

content: Elisofon, Eliot

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Manuscript Materials / E-1: The Sculpture of Africa—Original Written Text

content: undated

content: Box 1, Folder 28

content: Archival materials


title: Notes (copies) on Something of Value, by Robert Ruark, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955

content: Elisofon, Eliot

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Manuscript Materials / S-16B: Literary Africa, Master Set

content: circa 1959

content: Box 9, Folder 5

content: Archival materials

unittitle: S-16B: Literary Africa, Master Set


title: Memo for Vernon McKay stating the "Panel Procedure for the Eighth National Conference of the U.S. National Commission for Unesco", 10/6/61

content: Elisofon, Eliot

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Manuscript Materials / D-17: Boston UNESCO Conference

content: Box 1, Folder 22

content: Archival materials

unittitle: D-17: Boston UNESCO Conference


title: Invitation to Boston Museum of Fine Arts, exhibition entitled "Masterpieces of Primitive Art"

content: Elisofon, Eliot

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Manuscript Materials / N-8: Correspondence with Various Museums

content: undated

content: Box 6, Folder 24

content: Archival materials


title: Two pages.  Page 1: List of camera equipment, organized under headers "VERY URGENT" and "URGENT".  Page 2: continuation of page 1.

content: Elisofon, Eliot

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Manuscript Materials / V-6: ABC Bills and Receipts

content: undated

content: Box 11, Folder 6

content: Archival materials

unittitle: V-6: ABC Bills and Receipts


title: Kivu Province, Congo (Democratic Republic)

content: Elisofon, Eliot

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EECL

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Congo (Democratic Republic)

unittitle: EECL


title: X-4: Correspondence

content: Elisofon, Eliot

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

content: Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Manuscript Materials

content: 1970, undated

content: Box 12, Folder 8

content: Archival materials

unittitle: X-4: Correspondence

title: X-4: Correspondence